Koenigsegg

“There's like a thousand different parts, something like that. He figures out a way to manufacture almost all of them himself.”

“He actually buys back shares from his investors using the cash flow of the company.”

“A labor intensive process makes us more adaptable. We don't have to change huge production lines or machines just because we changed the model.”

“Conaseg's entire run of some models would sell out sight unseen.”

“Mechanical engineering, transmission, engines, bodywork, chassis, carbon fiber, simulation, electronic software, they all sit in the same place.”

“The ethos of the company has always been all the money we make. We throw it back into the cars. Because that is our best investment.”

“It took me two years from the day I decided to do it to have a full running car prototype.”

“Right now, the company's actually gearing up, and in the last few years, they're gonna build 1.5 times as many cars in the next three years as it has in the past 20.”

“In the interim, Konasig survived on the income from his business, grants from the Swedish Technology Development Board, a bridge loan from his father, which we'll get into more.”

“This is a brainchild of a twenty-two-year-old with no background in the automotive industry, driven by a single motivation, a lifelong ambition to make the greatest supercar in the world. So think about this, no engineering experience, no manufacturing backgro…”